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Month: January 2019

The Decameron: Index to stories and the finest paintings

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The seven painted stories, with paintings by Mei, Millais, Leighton, Botticelli, Stillman, and Lancret, and links to each article.

January 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

How to inspect the details of an Alias without changing them, and Precize 1.7

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It’s all too easy to change the information in a Finder Alias when you’re inspecting it. Here’s how to avoid that, and a new version of Precize to help.

January 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

Detail, the painterly, and the abstract: 2 Examples from the Masters

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Rembrandt’s Jewish Bride; Gérôme’s Carpet Merchant; Sargent’s Arab Woman; Cézanne’s Forest Scene. Each at different levels of detail.

January 13, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: The changing aesthetics of macOS

When is macOS like a city? Or an Impressionist sketch? Could it ever become free of noticeable bugs?

January 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

Detail, the painterly, and the abstract: 1 A matter of scale

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Were Turner’s and Cézanne’s late paintings becoming more abstract? What distinguishes representational painting from abstract?

January 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Finder Aliases and Bookmarks: a summary

Diagram summarising how Finder Aliases work, including their resolution. And how to confuse QuickLook thumbnails.

January 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Painting Reality: 6 Science and technology

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From physicists to photographers developing their plates, Naturalist painters recorded the science and technology of their time.

January 11, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Aliases and Bookmarks are smarter than you think

Finder Aliases can update their path information when they are resolved. Also some differences between Aliases and Bookmarks.

January 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

Painting Goethe’s Faust: 1 Faust meets the black dog

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Mephistopheles (the devil) makes a bet with the Lord that he can lead his faithful servant Faust astray. Faust has grown weary of scholarship, and is looking for something better.

January 10, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Serious Finder bug in Mojave 10.14.2 with broken aliases

Do you use Finder Column views and make Aliases to folders? If one of those gets broken, then the Finder may hang on you.

January 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

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